Lead DevOps Engineer

Overview

Location:

Chicago, IL (100% Onsite) |

Employment Type:

Full Time | Start: ASAP

We are a mission-driven financial services organization dedicated to supporting member institutions with competitively priced funding, strong returns, and community investment initiatives.

Our work helps strengthen communities across both urban and rural areas. Operating in a highly regulated environment, we prioritize innovation, stability, and long-term impact.

We are undergoing a high-impact Dev Sec Ops  transformation and are seeking a hands-on Lead Dev Ops Engineer to help drive it forward.

This role will play a key part in modernizing our software delivery lifecycle, leading a migration from Azure Dev Ops to Git Hub, and introducing AI-enabled development practices. You will help build scalable, secure, cloud-native delivery pipelines while influencing strategy and execution.

• Lead the redesign of fragmented Dev Ops pipelines
• Drive migration from Azure Dev Ops to Git Hub
• Build scalable, end-to-end CI/CD pipelines
• Develop reusable infrastructure-as-code standards and templates

• Implement security controls including SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC, and container scanning
• Improve compliance, auditability, and delivery efficiency
• Mentor engineers and promote Dev Sec Ops  best practices
• Contribute to building a Dev Sec Ops  Center of Excellence
• Partner with development, architecture, and security teams
• Establish metrics to measure Dev Ops maturity and adoption

• Lead redesign of Dev Sec Ops  pipelines
• Support migration from Azure Dev Ops to Git Hub
• Improve SDLC scalability and efficiency
• Identify and implement AI opportunities within the toolchain

• Proven Dev Ops leadership experience with a strategic mindset
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and Dev Sec Ops  practices
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops and AWS environments
• Hands-on experience migrating pipelines or platforms
• Ability to modernize SDLC and identify AI integration opportunities

• Infrastructure as Code:
  Terraform, Ansible, Chef
• Programming:
  Python and C++ required; C# preferred
• Dev Sec Ops  tools such as Checkmarx, Sonar Qube
• Application monitoring tools like Datadog
• Databases including SQL, No
  
  SQL, and graph technologies

• Experience redesigning fragmented Dev Sec Ops  environments
• Exposure to AI-enabled development tool chains
• Strong architectural vision and systems thinking

Our client fosters a collaborative, high-performance environment focused on innovation, learning, and continuous improvement. Employees benefit from mentorship programs, professional development opportunities, and hands-on training.

Our client's in-office model promotes collaboration and team alignment.

• Opportunity to lead a large-scale Dev Sec Ops  transformation
• Influence both strategy and execution
• Work with modern tools, including AI-enabled development
• Make a measurable impact in a mission-driven organization